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Part-time mature student

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  • 15-06-2014 9:14pm
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    budwider
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭


    Hi guys, I've been looking in to returning to college and trying to get a degree under my belt, I am currently working a full time job and if the course relates to the kind of work the company I work for does (electronic chip manufacturer) they will cover the cost of this.Currently I only have my leaving cert done and I did fairly well in it all those years ago.

    Can someone suggest courses or modules that might be suitable for me and that are accredited enough that I gain a degree after a certain length of time, I am interested in engineering and I am quite creative as well,so I would like to combine the two.Am I too late to apply?

    Any advice would be welcome and really appreciated,I have been looking online at the prospectus and I am left a bit confused.

    Thanks for reading.


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    Beargrylls01
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Beargrylls01


    Are you looking to get into the engneering side of things, or the technician side of things, or managing the manufacturing team members?


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    Chickentown
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭Chickentown


    LM118 - Electronic and Computer Engineering would seem the natural choice, I think I saw a part-time option, albeit under a different course code, being offered through the UL-ECE website, have a scout around the website and see for yourself. If you have anymore questions; feel free to ask.


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    Beargrylls01
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Beargrylls01


    I work in a chip manufacturing company now at the moment.
    People with level 7/8's are technicians, hourly wage (works out a good bit higher than salary), they fix machines and tend to enjoy their job a lot more than some of the people. Mechanical seems very common.

    The engineering side of fixing machines, tuning them, introducing them and bringing them up to production from scratch, are Mechanical, Electrochemical, Physics and Chemical.

    Electrical Engineers are found everywhere outside this, at the desk jobs. More physics and maths people are also found here. They can design the chips, analyse the faults in chips coming back, check the reliability of chips going out, rip apart competitors products and see what they have going on. Aswell as lots and lots of other stuff. They are the most numerous of employees, but I don't fancy their job, unless it's what you are into :)

    Automation Engineering then are also employed but realistically I haven't a clue what they do.


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    budwider
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭budwider


    Just wanted to send a quick thank you to all of you guys for the kind advice, It has been a slog trying to get my job to approve of sending me back to college,but thankfully it has worked out and I am starting a course in LIT tomorrow evening, little bit anxious and nervous, but I've been swatting up a bit on a lot of the stuff I used to know and am looking forward to the challenge, I have chosen to do a technician diploma and hopefully it leads on to a higher qualification over the next few years, thanks a lot guys,really appreciate the kind advice :)


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